TOWBOAT TO CHINA — The last of four Friendship-Class river towboats ordered by the Chang Jiang Shipping Administration of the People's Republic of China from Dravo Corporation was launched into the Ohio River from Dravo's Neville Island (Pittsburgh) shipyard recently. When fully outfitted later this year, all four vessels will be towed down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans where they will be loaded on an oceangoing vessel and shipped via the Panama Canal to China.
Towboat To China
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Dravo Corporation launched the last of four Friendship-Class river towboats ordered by China's Chang Jiang Shipping Administration at its Neville Island shipyard.
Mentioned in this article
Company
- Dravo Corporation shipbuilder, Neville Island, Pittsburgh
Organization
- Chang Jiang Shipping Administration buyer, People's Republic of China
GeoLocation
- Panama Canal delivery route
Transcribed from the May 15, 1981 print edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News. Text is OCR-derived and may contain errors.